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Benjamin Franklin invented one kind of wood-burning stove'

The western pine beetle destroys 2,800,000,000 board feet of timber each year.

Strong good-looking bumpers for our cars can now be fashioned from wood. **,f

Almost five hundred years before Columbus, Vikings made regular trips to America to get timber for their sailing vessels' ,,( >k *

In a freshly cut log, 25 to 75 per,cent of the total weight is water. *rF*

About 70,000,000 acres of privately owned timberland is now being managed for continuous yield. * *<.,r

Wood cellulose, chemically treated, can be changed into gunpowder, paper, rayon, felt, alcohol, photographic film, cellophane, imitation leather, lacquers, glycerine, sugar, plastics, molasses, yeast and food proteins.

With

TT'S BEEN NO FUN

soying "NO" for the pcst few yeqrs, but Uncle Scm hos hod {irst call on our production, ond there has been mighty little left for you.

However, we now cctn scry "YES" quite often, so get on the phone or drop us cr line-We'll be mighty glod to heor from you.

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